Whether you’re already a teacher or thinking about teaching for a year, teaching in China is an amazing opportunity and résumé booster, which can help you to get your next job, whether that may be in teaching or not as it is an easy interview starter question, ‘you were in China for a year? tell me about that’ making you stand out more amongst other potential candidates for a job. If you have never taught before and are unsure as to whether teaching is the…

RICH CULTURE From the complex language to the distinctive music, China offers a unique experience in it’s culture alone. In a country hosting over 1 billion people, it represents 56 ethnic minority groups, something that is felt keenly in the rich array of Chinese cuisine. Heavily influenced by geography and ethnic diversity, Chinese cooking emphasises fresh, seasonal ingredients, with lavish flavours and served with a distinctive culinary style. BEAUTIFUL LOCATIONS In a country as vast as China, its possible to find almost any natural backdrop…

You don’t speak Chinese yet you’re due to move and teach there. Is the language barrier really a problem? Initially the thought of moving to a foreign country with a new language that perhaps you have little or even no experience or knowledge of can be quite intimidating, but I am writing to remove these worries. You can be assured that you will not only survive in a foreign-language-speaking country but you will thrive in it, as have the numerous other English-speaking teachers China TEFLer…

If you’re thinking about applying to teach in China with ChinaTEFLer, but lost about which destination to pick; here is some background on all of the destinations we have to offer for our teachers: 1) Beijing Beijing is at the centre of China’s cultural attractions, home to many world heritage sites such as the Great Wall, Tiananmen square (the largest city centre in the world), and the forbidden city which is the huge palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties. If you enjoy cycling, Beijing…